Photography and New Media

Photography and New Media 

The Victorian era  where people became obsessed with extravagant designs.wealth inspired this change in design 

 
https://visualartsdepartment.wordpress.com/the-victorian-era/



 Colour lithography was  perfected by a french printer  who patented  then chromolithography process .He analysed each colour within a picture and then arranged each colour into a series of printing plates which would give the beautiful end result .this is quite an interesting  process of how much effort it took to  create a photo back then.


https://visualartsdepartment.wordpress.com/the-victorian-era/



1880  Art nouveau: This was a decorative style in art where  the artworks where decorated with organic patterns of plants. 


http://www.vam.ac.uk/__data/assets/image/0003/94539/hdr-art-nouveau-415


Futurism was an art movement  than began in Italy in the beginning of the 20th century .The artworks dramatised  concepts of the future like  future cars aeroplanes and industrial city's. 



http://www.designishistory.com/files/gimgs/32_futurism04.jpg'

The WAP  a government project initiated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help employ its citizens the WAP funded artist tow create  murals  and sculptures to decorate the  public buildings across the country  . The WPA project  funding artists made way for the creation of the National Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Mural-Post-Office-Benton-Arkansas.jpg


 The International Typographic Style ,a graphic design style created in the 1950s  in Switzerland  that highlights readability  and neatness. It makes use of grid layouts  asymmetric layouts  fonts without serifs and  flush left alignment.


http://smearedblackink.com/swiss_style_timeline/img/art_hoff.jpg

Paparazzi in the 20th century we tend to idolise celebrities and with this the paparazzi has made a living from giving us pictures and videos of what our idols are up to on a daily basis 

http://richleighandco.com/wp-contegt/uploads/paparazzi.jp



Fashion design has developed over the years to adapt to what consumers want but not only directed at consumers fashion design has become an art form that brings in millions of dollars artist (fashion designers ) design extravagant clothing items and display them at fashion shows to be admired the same way one may look at a painting on a wall 


https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpShcsWplWirLteMA7aUqCNQ2kZSkIs_KiwpRDWauoJfx7WIg-GhRvLq8m9-8aCyDOclGrNfP6MaRR3WD71McH1R6ugbNkyhQGnwjB-Yn5N2qjWE1wtRsa1U31OB5BHld0tVLwzozowk0/s1600/celebs+through+the+years.jpg

Graffiti is a subculture of hip hop a the art form originated in New York and then quickly spread across the word and there's no stopping it now . graffiti is the freedom to express what a artist feels with no limitations cause their identity is unknown . 

photo and artwork by R.Naidoo


Photography   has developed a great deal  from a box with a hole in it that you would have to manually sketch the picture to a single click on your mobile phone and you have a digital copy that can be printed shared and deleted in seconds 


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/5/5b/20140121010537!Photographer-studio-1893.jpg

The influence of technology and science in our lives

 The influence of technology and science on our lives

Technology: Technology is anything man made to help in a everyday life process. it will aid in carrying out the process and make it alot easier.''The purposeful application of information in the design,production,and utilisation of goods and services, and in the organisation of human activities(http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/technology.html)"

Science: is the knowledge of how a something functions.an in-depth study of the world around us and how everything works and understanding theses process through a scientific method. " Body of Knowledge comprising of measurable or verifiable facts acquired through application of the scientific method,and generalized into scientific laws or principals (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/science.html)''

Reflexivity: " is the idea that a persons thoughts and ideas tend to be inherently biased .in other words ,the values and thoughts of a person  will be represented in their work(http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reflexivity.asp)"

Technicism: the  belief that the technology we create is for the well being and advancement of human life

Technology in my life is a major influence. I use technology to wake me up in the morning with my mobile phones alarm, I then use it for communication to greet my friends and family.I then shower and wash my face using the technology that was developed known to The civilised man as taps and basins a technological advancement that often isn't even thought of as technology as in the 21st century when people say technology we think of electronics mostly . science comes into play with the soap and tooth paste we use those thongs have been scientifically formulated  after eating food  using technology like  microwaves stoves and science like  food development  not to  emotion the science that goes into the technology to make it work correctly. Then jump into the car which is a technological and scientific  master piece. one of the most used things in the world  where would we be without them all riding horses to work .Technology and science both influence and impact my life massively I couldn't imagine living in a time where we didn't have cellphones computers and fast cars ,or a time where   we didn't have the scientific advancements that have saved my life if it wasn't for  that I wouldn't have lived much at all as I wouldn't have survived for very long after being born 

 

my day starts off with a coffee most days so my kettle is very important to me. then my car given the option to drive a new car i chose to go with a old school 1988 golf 1  its probably a choice most people would question but I couldn't be more happy with it a piece of technology that although many years old still is a part of my daily life